[Distutils] Can't get ANY data files included!!! Please help!
seberino at spawar.navy.mil
seberino at spawar.navy.mil
Wed Oct 8 17:00:26 EDT 2003
I added an include line in MANIFEST.in
but still cannot get *any* data files included!!
I made a toy example to show my problem...
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Here are my package files:
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setup.py
MANIFEST.in
foo.py
somedata
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Here is contents of setup.py:
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from distutils.core import setup
setup(name = "foo",
version = "1.0",
data_files = [ ("data", ["somedata"]) ],
packages = [""])
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Here is MANIFEST.in:
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include "somedata"
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Here is what happens when I try to do "python setup.py sdist":
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% python setup.py sdist
running sdist
...etc.
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
warning: no files found matching '"somedata"'
...etc.
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I tried *absolute* paths in MANIFEST.in and data_files.
I tried to move data files to different places. I tried using wild cards.
NOTHING seems to make distutils SEE my data files?!?!?
Chris
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